Drug Intoxication Supply Principles
Retailers are supplying chemical substitutes for the illicit drugs cannabis, ecstasy and cocaine.
The chemical proxies have the same intoxication effect as the drugs.
This chemical production is easily changed to make it difficult to make them illegal.
There is public admission that the cooks, distributors and retailers do not know what the health effect is on the chemical users.
There is huge money to be made from these drug substitutes with links to the sex industry.
(Source: Channel 9 Television, 60 Minutes, 14 November 2011)
DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMENTS-
The key principle is not to allow intoxication to dominate the community.
Governments and law enforcement agencies must protect the users from the unknown effects of chemical drug substitutes.
No drug for human consumption can be sold in Australia without rigorous testing to ensure it is safe for human use.
The Federal Government must approve all drugs for human consumption and clearly these intoxication substitutes by public admission are untested.
In order to protect the public and before these chemicals lead to more road trauma and violence, agencies must act to remove them from sale.
Public liability insurers, state consumer affairs and medical agencies should be aware of the legal costs of the sale of intoxication drug substitutes.
THE DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS-
More detoxification & rehabilitation that gets illicit drug users drug free.
Court ordered and supervised detoxification & rehabilitation.
Less illicit drug users, drug pushers and drug related crimes.
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